Women's Lacrosse

Erin Calkins enters her first season as head coach of the Rams.
She joined the Farmingdale State women's lacrosse coaching staff
for the 2009 season, helping guide the Rams to their first ever
Skyline Conference Championship. Last season, she led the team to a
program best 13-2 record. Erin was an assistant coach at Central
Connecticut for the 2008 season, before leaving to join the
Farmingdale State staff.

Calkins was a two sport athlete and three-year starting
goalkeeper at Eastern Connecticut State University. As a freshman,
she was honored by IWCLA/US Lacrosse as a Second Team All-New
England selection and was named Conference Rookie of the Year.
Calkins led Eastern Connecticut to the second round of the NCAA
Tournament in 2005. She set ECSU single-season records for games
played, starts, minutes and saves. She also recorded the
second-best win total and save percentage in school history.

Her junior year, Calkins was named the ECAC Goaltender of the
Year while also earning All-Conference and All-New England honors.
She was named All-Conference and ECAC All-New England honoree as a
senior.

Calkins earned her bachelor's degree in Sport and Leisure
Management at Eastern Connecticut ('07) and is currently pursuing
her master's degree in Liberal Studies at Stony Brook
University.

Assistant Coach: Courtney Cook

Courtney joined the coaching staff in the Fall of 2012, after
playing four years as the starting goalkeeper for Farmingdale
State, under the tutelage of Coach Calkins.

Her freshman season, she led her team to the programs first-ever
Skyline Championship and was named the 2009 Skyline Conference
Rookie of the Year, ECAC Division III All-Metro/South Region Rookie
of the Year, and IWLCA All-Region Second Team. She was also
selected to the 2009 Womenslacrosse.com Division III All-Rookie
Team.

That season, she finished with a .565 save percentage, ranking
her 4th in the Nation among Division III goalies, while also
finishing 9th nationally in Saves per Game (13.0), 27th for Total
Saves (173.0) and 34th for Goals Against Average (10.23). She was
also named the Skyline Tournament MVP, after finishing the playoffs
with an average of 22.5 saves in two games.

Courtney played just seven games in goal her sophomore year due
to an injury, but returned her junior year to finish with an 8-8
record and a 10.62 GAA. She was again named All-Conference and a
USA College Lacrosse DIII All-Star. She finished ranked 2nd in the
Skyline for save percentage (.477) and saves per game (9.69).

Her senior year, she was named the Skyline Conference Player of
the Year, leading the Rams to their best record in school history
(13-2) with a 6.49 goals against average. She was also named to the
ECAC DIII Mid-Atlantic Second Team.

Courtney holds school records at Farmingdale State for most wins
(30), finishing with a 30-16 career record. She is also ranked 2nd
All-Time for saves (487), saves per game (9.55), save percent
(.512) and GAA (9.69).

Courtney graduated from Deer Park High School in 2008, where she
was a 2-Time MVP of her team. She was also named All-League,
All-County, Honorable Mention All-County and All-Tournament while
with Deer Park.